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Marv Wolfman

December 16, 2023

Marvin Arthur Wolfman[1] (born May 13, 1946)[2] is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's The Tomb of Dracula, for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's The New Teen Titans and the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series with George Pérez.

Marv Wolfman
Wolfman at the 2023 WonderCon
BornMarvin Arthur Wolfman
(1946-05-13) May 13, 1946 (age 77)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Editor
Notable works
The Tomb of Dracula
Blade
The Amazing Spider-Man
Daredevil
Nova
The New Teen Titans
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Adventures of Superman
Nightwing
AwardsShazam Award, 1973
Inkpot Award, 1979
Eagle Award, 1982, 1984
Jack Kirby Award, 1985 and 1986
Scribe Award, 2007
National Jewish Book Award, 2008
Spouse(s)Michele Wolfman (divorced)
Noel Watkins
Children1

Among the many characters Wolfman created or co-created are Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, Deathstroke, Tim Drake, Rose Wilson, Nova, Black Cat, Phobia, Bullseye, Vigilante (Adrian Chase) and the Omega Men.

Early life edit

Marv Wolfman was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of police officer Abe and housewife Fay.[3] He has a sister, Harriet, 12 years older.[3] When Wolfman was 13, his family moved to Flushing, Queens, in New York City, where he attended junior high school.[4] He went on to New York's High School of Art and Design, in Manhattan, hoping to become a cartoonist.[5] Wolfman is Jewish.[6][7]

Career edit

1960s edit

Marvin Wolfman was active in fandom[8] before he began his professional comics career at DC Comics in 1968. Wolfman was one of the first to publish Stephen King, with "In A Half-World of Terror" in Wolfman's horror fanzine Stories of Suspense No. 2 (1965). This was a revised version of King's first published story, "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber", which had been serialized over four issues (three published and one unpublished) of the fanzine Comics Review that same year.[9]

Wolfman's first published work for DC Comics appeared in Blackhawk No. 242 (Aug.–Sept. 1968).[10] He and longtime friend Len Wein created the character Jonny Double in Showcase No. 78 (November 1968) plotted by Wolfman and scripted by Joe Gill.[11] The two co-wrote "Eye of the Beholder" in Teen Titans No. 18 (Dec. 1968), which would be Wein's first professional comics credit. Neal Adams was called upon to rewrite and redraw a Teen Titans story which had been written by Wein and Wolfman. The story, titled "Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho!", would have introduced DC's first African American superhero, but was rejected by publisher Carmine Infantino.[12] The revised story appeared in Teen Titans No. 20 (March–April 1969). Wolfman and Gil Kane created an origin for Wonder Girl in Teen Titans No. 22 (July–Aug. 1969) which introduced the character's new costume.[13]

1970s edit

He and artist Bernie Wrightson co-created Destiny in Weird Mystery Tales No. 1 (July–Aug. 1972), a character which would later be used in the work of Neil Gaiman.[14]

In 1972, Wolfman moved to Marvel Comics as a protégé of then-editor Roy Thomas. When Thomas stepped down, Wolfman eventually took over as editor, initially in charge of the publisher's black-and-white magazines, then finally the color line of comics.[15] Wolfman said in 1981 that, "Marvel never gave [its] full commitment to" the black-and-white line. "No one wanted to commit themselves to the staff." He added, "We used to farm the books out to Harry Chester Studios [sic] and whatever they pasted up, they pasted up. I formed the first production staff, hired the first layout people, paste-up people."[16] Wolfman stepped down as editor-in-chief to spend more time writing.[17]

He and artist Gene Colan crafted The Tomb of Dracula, a horror comic that became "one of the most critically-acclaimed horror-themed comic books ever".[18][19] During their run on this series, they created Blade,[20] a character who would later be portrayed by actor Wesley Snipes in a film trilogy. In addition, the editorship of Marvel could not resist the opportunity to assign a writer with such a surname to contribute a few stories to their concurrent monster title, Werewolf by Night, with a playful editor's comment: "At last -- WEREWOLF -- written by a WOLFMAN."[21]

Wolfman co-created Bullseye in Daredevil No. 131 (March 1976).[22][23] He and artist John Buscema created Nova in that character's eponymous first issue.[24] Wolfman and Gil Kane adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom concepts into comics in Marvel's John Carter, Warlord of Mars series.[25] Wolfman wrote 14 issues of Marvel Two-in-One starting with issue No. 25 (March 1977).[26] The Spider-Woman series was launched in April 1978 by Wolfman and artist Carmine Infantino.[27] As the first regular writer on Spider-Woman, he redesigned the character, giving her a human identity as Jessica Drew.[28] Wolfman succeeded Len Wein as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man and in his first issue, No. 182 (July 1978), had Peter Parker propose marriage to Mary Jane Watson who refused, in the following issue.[29] Wolfman and Keith Pollard introduced the likable rogue the Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 194 (July 1979).[30]

In 1978, Wolfman and artist Alan Kupperberg took over the Howard the Duck syndicated newspaper comic strip.[31][32] While writing the Fantastic Four (which Wolfman stated to be his favorite comic),[33][34] Wolfman and John Byrne introduced a new herald for Galactus named Terrax in No. 211 (Oct. 1979).[35] A Godzilla story by Wolfman and Steve Ditko was changed into a Dragon Lord story published in Marvel Spotlight vol. 2 No. 5 (March 1980).[36] The creature that the Dragon Lord battled was intended to be Godzilla but since Marvel no longer had the rights to the character (which lapsed the previous year) the creature was modified to a dragon called The Wani.[37]

1980s edit

The New Teen Titans edit

In 1980, Wolfman returned to DC after a dispute with Marvel.[15] Teaming with penciller George Pérez, Wolfman relaunched DC's Teen Titans in a special preview in DC Comics Presents No. 26 (October 1980).[38] The New Teen Titans added the Wolfman-Pérez creations Raven, Starfire and Cyborg to the old team's Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, and Beast Boy (renamed Changeling). The series became DC's first new hit in years;[39][40] Christopher J. Priest called Deathstroke, another new character, "the first modern supervillain".[41] Wolfman wrote a series of New Teen Titans drug awareness comic books which were published in cooperation with The President's Drug Awareness Campaign in 1983–1984. The first was pencilled by Pérez and sponsored by the Keebler Company,[42] the second was illustrated by Ross Andru and underwritten by the American Soft Drink Industry,[43] and the third was drawn by Adrian Gonzales and financed by IBM.[44][45] In August 1984, a second series of The New Teen Titans was launched by Wolfman and Pérez.[46]

Other projects by Wolfman for DC during the early 1980s included collaborating with artist Gil Kane on a run on the Superman feature in Action Comics; a revival of Dial H for Hero[10][47] with Carmine Infantino; launching Night Force, a supernatural series drawn by Gene Colan;[48] and a nearly two-year run on Green Lantern[10] with Joe Staton. During their collaboration on that series, Wolfman and Staton created the Omega Men in Green Lantern No. 141 (June 1981).[49] Wolfman briefly wrote Batman and co-created the Electrocutioner in issue No. 331 (Jan. 1981).[50] Wolfman was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986.[51]

After Pérez left The New Teen Titans in 1985, Wolfman continued for many years with other collaborators – including pencillers José Luis García-López,[52] Eduardo Barreto and Tom Grummett. In December 1986, Wolfman was informed by Marvel writer Chris Claremont that a DC executive had approached Claremont at a holiday party and offered him the position of writer on The New Teen Titans.[53] Claremont immediately declined the offer and told Wolfman that apparently the publisher was looking to replace him on the title. When Wolfman confronted DC executives about this, he was told it was "just a joke", although Claremont reiterated that he took it to be a credible and official offer.

Crisis on Infinite Earths edit

In 1985, Wolfman and Pérez launched Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 12-issue limited series[54] celebrating DC's 50th anniversary. Featuring a cast of thousands and a timeline that ranged from the beginning of the universe to the end of time, it killed scores of characters, integrated a number of heroes from other companies to DC continuity, and re-wrote 50 years of DC universe history to streamline it. After finishing Crisis, Wolfman and Pérez produced the History of the DC Universe limited series to summarize the company's new history.[55]

Wolfman was involved in the relaunch of the Superman line as well, reinventing nemesis Lex Luthor and initially scripting the Adventures of Superman title with Jerry Ordway as the artist. During this period they introduced Bibbo Bibbowski and Professor Emil Hamilton.[56]

Ratings dispute edit

Wolfman got into a public dispute with DC over a proposed ratings system,[57] which led to his being relieved of his editorial duties by the company.[58] DC offered to reinstate Wolfman as an editor provided he apologize for making his criticism of the ratings system public, rather than keeping them internal to the company, but he declined to do so.

1990s edit

Wolfman returned to the Dark Knight for another brief run on Batman and Detective Comics,[10] writing "Batman: Year Three",[59] creating Robin III Tim Drake[60] as well as Abattoir[61] and a new version of the Electrocutioner,[62] and writing an anniversary adaptation of the first ever Batman story, which was printed along with two other adaptations and the original.[63] He continued as The New Titans writer and revitalized the series with artist Tom Grummett.[64] Wolfman wrote the series until the title's last issue.[10] Wolfman's writing for comics decreased as he turned to animation and television, though he wrote the mid-1990s DC series The Man Called A-X.[65]

Disney career edit

In the early-1990s, Wolfman worked at Disney Comics. He wrote scripts for a seven part DuckTales story ("Scrooge's Quest"),[66] as well as several others – with the characters from the Mickey Mouse universe – that appeared in Mickey Mouse Adventures.[1] He was editor of the comics section on the Disney Adventures magazine for the early years of the publication.[67]

Marvel lawsuit edit

In 1997, on the eve of the impending release of the Blade motion picture, Wolfman sued Marvel Characters Inc. over ownership of all characters he had created for Marvel Comics.[68] A ruling in Marvel's favor was handed down on November 6, 2000.[68] Wolfman's stance was that he had not signed work-for-hire contracts when he created characters including Blade and Nova. In a nonjury trial, the judge ruled that Marvel's later use of the characters was sufficiently different to protect it from Wolfman's claim of copyright ownership.[69]

Beast Machines edit

In the late 1990s, Wolfman developed the Transformers TV series Beast Machines, which aired on Fox Kids for two seasons from 1999 to 2000. The program was a direct continuation of the Beast Wars series, which itself was a continuation of the original Generation One Transformers show. Beast Machines was met with mixed reviews, as the show was praised for its story, but was criticized for its focus on spirituality. Previously, in the 1980s, Wolfman wrote the story for Optimus Prime's return in "The Return of Optimus Prime" of the third season of Transformers.[70][71]

2000s edit

 
Wolfman in 2007

A decade later, Wolfman began writing in comics again, scripting Defex, the flagship title of Devil's Due Productions' Aftermath line. He wrote an "Infinite Crisis" issue of DC's "Secret Files", and consulted with writer Geoff Johns on several issues of The Teen Titans. Wolfman wrote a novel based on Crisis on Infinite Earths, but rather than following the original plot, he created a new story starring the Barry Allen Flash that takes place during the original Crisis story. Wolfman wrote the novelization of the film Superman Returns, and worked on a direct-to-video animated film, The Condor, for Stan Lee's Pow Entertainment.[72]

In 2006, Wolfman was editorial director of Impact Comics (no relation to the DC Comics imprint), publisher of educational manga-style comics for high school students. That same year, starting with issue No. 125, Wolfman began writing DC's Nightwing series. Initially scheduled for a four-issue run, Wolfman's run was expanded to 13 issues, and finished with No. 137. During the course of his run, Wolfman introduced a new Vigilante character. Following Wolfman's departure from the pages of Nightwing, the Vigilante was spun off into his own short-lived title, which Wolfman wrote. He wrote a miniseries starring the Teen Titan Raven, a character he and George Pérez co-created during their run on The New Teen Titans, helping to revamp and update the character. He worked with Pérez on a direct-to-DVD movie adaptation of the popular "Judas Contract" storyline from their tenure on Teen Titans.[72]

2010s edit

In 2011, he and Pérez completed the New Teen Titans: Games graphic novel, which they had begun working on in the late 1980s.[73] Wolfman revived his Night Force series with artist Tom Mandrake in 2012.[74] He served as writing consultant on the video game Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, which he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing.[75] In 2015, Wolfman wrote a novelization of the videogame Batman: Arkham Knight.[76] And in 2016 he published the novelization of the Suicide Squad film through Titan Books.[77] He received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. That year also marked Wolfman's first work for Marvel since 1998: a backup story for Bullseye #1, starring the titular character that he had co-created in 1976. In 2019, he wrote the main story for the DC Primal Age 100-Page Giant.[78] Also in 2019, DC published the oversized, 100-page comic book Man and Superman, Marv Wolfman's retelling of Superman's origin story, to high acclaim.[79][80]

2020s edit

On the occasion of the Crisis on Infinite Earths Arrowverse crossover, Marv Wolfman co-wrote an episode of The CW series Arrow with Marc Guggenheim that aired in January 2020.[81] He also made a cameo appearance in the crossover finale in an episode of Legends of Tomorrow.[82] In 2021, he and George Perez voiced cartoon versions of themselves on an episode of Teen Titans GO!.[83]

In 2023, Wolfman returned to Marvel Comics for the oneshot What If…? Dark: Tomb of Dracula featuring his character Blade.[84]

Writing credit pioneer edit

Wolfman, on the panel "Marvel Comics: The Method and the Madness" at the 1974 New York City Comic Art Convention, told the audience that when he first began working for DC Comics, he received DC's first writing credit on its mystery magazines. Gerry Conway, who wrote the horror-host interstitial pages between stories, wrote in one issue, House of Secrets Vol. 1 Issue 83, that the following story, "The Stuff that Dreams are Made of" was told to him by a "wandering Wolfman." The Comics Code Authority, which did not permit the mention of werewolves or wolfmen at that time, demanded it be removed. DC informed the Authority that "Wolfman" was the writer's last name, so the Authority insisted he be given a credit to show the "Wolfman" was a real person. Once Wolfman was given a credit, other writers demanded them as well. Shortly, credits were given to all writers and artists.[85]

Personal life edit

Wolfman is married to Noel Watkins. Wolfman was previously married to Michele Wolfman, for many years a colorist in the comics industry. They have a daughter, Jessica Morgan.[86]

Awards edit

Filmography edit

Screenwriting credits edit

(series head writer denoted in bold)

Video games edit

Acting credits edit

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Legends of Tomorrow[95] Autograph Seeker Marv Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" (S5 special episode)
2021 Teen Titans Go! Himself Episode: "Marv Wolfman and George Pérez"

Bibliography edit

Bongo Comics edit

Chaos Comics edit

Dark Horse Comics edit

DC Comics edit

WildStorm edit

Devil's Due Publications edit

  • Defex #1–6 (2004–2005)

Disney Comics edit

Eclipse Comics edit

First Comics edit

  • Sable #1–7, 9–10, 12–23 (1988–1990)

Gladstone Publishing edit

IDW Publishing edit

  • Gene Pool OGN (with Len Wein) (2003)

Image Comics edit

Malibu Comics edit

  • Codename: Firearm #0, 2, 4–5 (1995)
  • Man Called A-X #1–4, #0 (1994–1995)
  • Ultraforce #8–9 (1995)
  • Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1A-B (1996)
  • Witch #1 (1989)

Marvel Comics edit

Epic Comics edit

  • The Tomb of Dracula vol. 3 #1–4 (1991–1992)

Moonstone edit

Nachshon Press edit

  • Homeland OGN (2007)

Now Comics edit

  • Mirror Walker #1 (1989)

Renaissance Press edit

  • The Forbidden Book Vol. 1 (2001)

S.Q.P. Inc. edit

  • Phase #1 (1971)

Skywald Publications edit

TSR, Inc. edit

  • R.I.P. #1–2, 4 (1990)

Zenescope edit

  • Mankind: The Story of All of Us Vol. 1 (2012)

References edit

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  20. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 160: "Early in their collaboration on The Tomb of Dracula, writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan co-created Blade, a black man who stalked and killed vampires with the wooden blades after which he named himself."
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  23. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 175 "In March [1976], writer Marv Wolfman and artist Bob Brown co-created one of the Man Without Fear's greatest nemeses, Bullseye."
  24. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 176: "Seeking to create a new teenage Marvel super hero in the tradition of Spider-Man, writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Buscema presented Richard Rider, alias Nova."
  25. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 179
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  28. ^ Johnson, Dan (August 2006). "Marvel's Dark Angel: Back Issue Gets Caught in Spider-Woman's Web". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (17): 57–63.
  29. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 103: "As new regular writer Marv Wolfman took over the scripting duties from Len Wein and partnered with artist Ross Andru, Peter Parker decided to make a dramatic change in his personal life."
  30. ^ Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 107: "Spider-Man wasn't exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat, courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard."
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  35. ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 190: "Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Byrne, Terrax would not only become a threat to the Fantastic Four but also Galactus himself."
  36. ^ DeFalco, Tom "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 197: "Tako Shamara became the Dragon Lord in Marvel Spotlight No. 5 by writer/editor Marv Wolfman and artist Steve Ditko."
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  38. ^ Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 188 "[The New Teen Titans] went on to become DC's most popular comic team of its day. Not only the springboard for the following month's The New Teen Titans No. 1, the preview's momentous story also featured the first appearance of future DC mainstays Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven."
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  40. ^ Levitz, Paul (2010). 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Taschen America. p. 454. ISBN 978-3-8365-1981-6. [Marv Wolfman and George Pérez] created a title that would be DC's sales leader throughout the 1980s.
  41. ^ Priest, Christopher (November 10, 2016). "Exclusive Interview – Christopher Priest Talks Superman vs. Deathstroke". Superman Homepage. Marv created the first modern supervillain. He broke every rule by making Deathstroke three-dimensional and giving him internal conflicts while maintaining a level of skeeve we weren't used to seeing from a typical 2-dimensional bad guy.
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  46. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 209: "As one of DC's most popular team books, The New Teen Titans was a natural choice to receive the deluxe paper quality and higher price point of the new Baxter format. With the regular newsstand title having already changed its name to Tales of the Teen Titans with issue No. 41, the path was clear for a new comic to once again be titled The New Teen Titans. Featuring the trademark writing of Marv Wolfman and the art of George Pérez, this second incarnation was a success from the start, providing readers with the perfect blend of high-quality paper with high-quality storytelling."
  47. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 192 Legion of Super-Heroes No. 272 "Within a sixteen-page preview in Legion of Super-Heroes #272...was "Dial 'H' For Hero," a new feature that raised the bar on fan interaction in the creative process. The feature's story, written by Marv Wolfman, with art by Carmine Infantino, saw two high-school students find dials that turned them into super-heroes. Everything from the pair's civilian clothes to the heroes they became was created by fans writing in. his concept would continue in the feature's new regular spot within Adventure Comics."
  48. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 197 The New Teen Titans No. 21 "[T]his issue...hid another dark secret: a sixteen-page preview comic featuring Marv Wolfman's newest team – Night Force. Chronicling the enterprise of the enigmatic Baron Winters and featuring the art of Gene Colan, Night Force spun out into an ongoing title of gothic mystery and horror the following month."
  49. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 193 Green Lantern No. 141 "DC's newest science-fiction franchise, a band of over one hundred aliens called the Omega Men." "They gave Green Lantern a run for his money in this issue written by Marv Wolfman, with art by Joe Staton, and the Omega Men went on to gain their own ongoing series in 1983."
  50. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dougall, Alastair, ed. (2014). "1980s". Batman: A Visual History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 138. ISBN 978-1465424563. Plotted by Batman's new regular writer Marv Wolfman with dialog by Michael Fleisher and art by Irv Novick, this story saw Batman face this new costumed threat. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  51. ^ Greenberger, Robert (August 2017). "It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time: A Look at the DC Challenge!". Back Issue!. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing (98): 42–43.
  52. ^ Daniels, Les (1995). DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes. New York City: Bulfinch Press. p. 135. ISBN 0821220764. I knew that I had this incredible artist who could draw almost anything that I wanted...So I decided to make the story just the biggest spectacle I could come up with.
  53. ^ "Harlan Ellison Speaks at San Diego". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (119): 14. January 1988.
  54. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 213 "Comics didn't get any bigger than this. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a landmark limited series that redefined a universe. It was a twelve-issue maxiseries starring nearly every character in DC Comics fifty-year history and written and drawn by two of the industry's biggest name creative talents – writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez."
  55. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 220: "In an effort to organize the status quo of the DC Universe after the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths maxiseries, artist George Pérez and writer Marv Wolfman collaborated on a two-part prestige-format history of the DCU."
  56. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 226 "The original Superman title had adopted the new title The Adventures of Superman but continued the original numbering of its long and storied history. Popular writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway handled the creative chores. ."
  57. ^ "DC Responds to Miller, Moore, Chaykin and Wolfman's Letter". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (115): 20–21. April 1987.
  58. ^ "Newswatch: Marv Wolfman fired by DC as editor". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (115): 9–10. April 1987.
  59. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 240: "Written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by Pat Broderick, the four-issue 'Year Three' saga introduced a young boy named Timothy Drake into a flashback sequence starring a young Dick Grayson and his parents."
  60. ^ Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 241: "With the pencils of [George] Pérez, Jim Aparo, and Tom Grummett, [Marv] Wolfman concocted the five-issue 'A Lonely Place of Dying'...In it, Tim Drake...earned his place as the new Robin."
  61. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dougall (2014), p. 190: "Marv Wolfman and penciller Jim Aparo introduced serial killer Abattoir."
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Further reading edit

  • Thompson, Kim (January 1979). "An interview with Marv Wolfman". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (44): 34–51.
  • Decker, Dwight (January 1982). "The New Teen Titans". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (79): 86–98.
  • Groth, Gary; MacDonald, Heidi D. (March 1983). "Marv Wolfman On The New Teen Titans Part 2". The Comics Journal. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books (80): 70–85.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
  • "DC Profiles #69: Marv Wolfman" at the Grand Comics Database
  • Marv Wolfman at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
  • Marv Wolfman at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
  • Interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters
  • Interview with ComicsVerse
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marv, wolfman, marvin, arthur, wolfman, born, 1946, american, comic, book, novelization, writer, worked, marvel, comics, tomb, dracula, which, artist, gene, colan, created, vampire, slayer, blade, comics, teen, titans, crisis, infinite, earths, limited, series. Marvin Arthur Wolfman 1 born May 13 1946 2 is an American comic book and novelization writer He worked on Marvel Comics s The Tomb of Dracula for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire slayer Blade and DC Comics s The New Teen Titans and the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series with George Perez Marv WolfmanWolfman at the 2023 WonderConBornMarvin Arthur Wolfman 1946 05 13 May 13 1946 age 77 Brooklyn New York City U S NationalityAmericanArea s Writer EditorNotable worksThe Tomb of DraculaBladeThe Amazing Spider ManDaredevilNovaThe New Teen TitansCrisis on Infinite EarthsAdventures of SupermanNightwingAwardsShazam Award 1973Inkpot Award 1979Eagle Award 1982 1984Jack Kirby Award 1985 and 1986Scribe Award 2007National Jewish Book Award 2008Spouse s Michele Wolfman divorced Noel WatkinsChildren1Among the many characters Wolfman created or co created are Cyborg Raven Starfire Deathstroke Tim Drake Rose Wilson Nova Black Cat Phobia Bullseye Vigilante Adrian Chase and the Omega Men Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1960s 2 2 1970s 2 3 1980s 2 3 1 The New Teen Titans 2 3 2 Crisis on Infinite Earths 2 3 3 Ratings dispute 2 4 1990s 2 4 1 Disney career 2 4 2 Marvel lawsuit 2 4 3 Beast Machines 2 5 2000s 2 6 2010s 2 7 2020s 3 Writing credit pioneer 4 Personal life 5 Awards 6 Filmography 6 1 Screenwriting credits 6 2 Video games 6 3 Acting credits 7 Bibliography 7 1 Bongo Comics 7 2 Chaos Comics 7 3 Dark Horse Comics 7 4 DC Comics 7 4 1 WildStorm 7 5 Devil s Due Publications 7 6 Disney Comics 7 7 Eclipse Comics 7 8 First Comics 7 9 Gladstone Publishing 7 10 IDW Publishing 7 11 Image Comics 7 12 Malibu Comics 7 13 Marvel Comics 7 13 1 Epic Comics 7 14 Moonstone 7 15 Nachshon Press 7 16 Now Comics 7 17 Renaissance Press 7 18 S Q P Inc 7 19 Skywald Publications 7 20 TSR Inc 7 21 Zenescope 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksEarly life editMarv Wolfman was born in Brooklyn New York City the son of police officer Abe and housewife Fay 3 He has a sister Harriet 12 years older 3 When Wolfman was 13 his family moved to Flushing Queens in New York City where he attended junior high school 4 He went on to New York s High School of Art and Design in Manhattan hoping to become a cartoonist 5 Wolfman is Jewish 6 7 Career edit1960s edit Marvin Wolfman was active in fandom 8 before he began his professional comics career at DC Comics in 1968 Wolfman was one of the first to publish Stephen King with In A Half World of Terror in Wolfman s horror fanzine Stories of Suspense No 2 1965 This was a revised version of King s first published story I Was a Teenage Grave Robber which had been serialized over four issues three published and one unpublished of the fanzine Comics Review that same year 9 Wolfman s first published work for DC Comics appeared in Blackhawk No 242 Aug Sept 1968 10 He and longtime friend Len Wein created the character Jonny Double in Showcase No 78 November 1968 plotted by Wolfman and scripted by Joe Gill 11 The two co wrote Eye of the Beholder in Teen Titans No 18 Dec 1968 which would be Wein s first professional comics credit Neal Adams was called upon to rewrite and redraw a Teen Titans story which had been written by Wein and Wolfman The story titled Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho would have introduced DC s first African American superhero but was rejected by publisher Carmine Infantino 12 The revised story appeared in Teen Titans No 20 March April 1969 Wolfman and Gil Kane created an origin for Wonder Girl in Teen Titans No 22 July Aug 1969 which introduced the character s new costume 13 1970s edit He and artist Bernie Wrightson co created Destiny in Weird Mystery Tales No 1 July Aug 1972 a character which would later be used in the work of Neil Gaiman 14 In 1972 Wolfman moved to Marvel Comics as a protege of then editor Roy Thomas When Thomas stepped down Wolfman eventually took over as editor initially in charge of the publisher s black and white magazines then finally the color line of comics 15 Wolfman said in 1981 that Marvel never gave its full commitment to the black and white line No one wanted to commit themselves to the staff He added We used to farm the books out to Harry Chester Studios sic and whatever they pasted up they pasted up I formed the first production staff hired the first layout people paste up people 16 Wolfman stepped down as editor in chief to spend more time writing 17 He and artist Gene Colan crafted The Tomb of Dracula a horror comic that became one of the most critically acclaimed horror themed comic books ever 18 19 During their run on this series they created Blade 20 a character who would later be portrayed by actor Wesley Snipes in a film trilogy In addition the editorship of Marvel could not resist the opportunity to assign a writer with such a surname to contribute a few stories to their concurrent monster title Werewolf by Night with a playful editor s comment At last WEREWOLF written by a WOLFMAN 21 Wolfman co created Bullseye in Daredevil No 131 March 1976 22 23 He and artist John Buscema created Nova in that character s eponymous first issue 24 Wolfman and Gil Kane adapted Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom concepts into comics in Marvel s John Carter Warlord of Mars series 25 Wolfman wrote 14 issues of Marvel Two in One starting with issue No 25 March 1977 26 The Spider Woman series was launched in April 1978 by Wolfman and artist Carmine Infantino 27 As the first regular writer on Spider Woman he redesigned the character giving her a human identity as Jessica Drew 28 Wolfman succeeded Len Wein as writer of The Amazing Spider Man and in his first issue No 182 July 1978 had Peter Parker propose marriage to Mary Jane Watson who refused in the following issue 29 Wolfman and Keith Pollard introduced the likable rogue the Black Cat Felicia Hardy in The Amazing Spider Man No 194 July 1979 30 In 1978 Wolfman and artist Alan Kupperberg took over the Howard the Duck syndicated newspaper comic strip 31 32 While writing the Fantastic Four which Wolfman stated to be his favorite comic 33 34 Wolfman and John Byrne introduced a new herald for Galactus named Terrax in No 211 Oct 1979 35 A Godzilla story by Wolfman and Steve Ditko was changed into a Dragon Lord story published in Marvel Spotlight vol 2 No 5 March 1980 36 The creature that the Dragon Lord battled was intended to be Godzilla but since Marvel no longer had the rights to the character which lapsed the previous year the creature was modified to a dragon called The Wani 37 1980s edit The New Teen Titans edit In 1980 Wolfman returned to DC after a dispute with Marvel 15 Teaming with penciller George Perez Wolfman relaunched DC s Teen Titans in a special preview in DC Comics Presents No 26 October 1980 38 The New Teen Titans added the Wolfman Perez creations Raven Starfire and Cyborg to the old team s Robin Wonder Girl Kid Flash and Beast Boy renamed Changeling The series became DC s first new hit in years 39 40 Christopher J Priest called Deathstroke another new character the first modern supervillain 41 Wolfman wrote a series of New Teen Titans drug awareness comic books which were published in cooperation with The President s Drug Awareness Campaign in 1983 1984 The first was pencilled by Perez and sponsored by the Keebler Company 42 the second was illustrated by Ross Andru and underwritten by the American Soft Drink Industry 43 and the third was drawn by Adrian Gonzales and financed by IBM 44 45 In August 1984 a second series of The New Teen Titans was launched by Wolfman and Perez 46 Other projects by Wolfman for DC during the early 1980s included collaborating with artist Gil Kane on a run on the Superman feature in Action Comics a revival of Dial H for Hero 10 47 with Carmine Infantino launching Night Force a supernatural series drawn by Gene Colan 48 and a nearly two year run on Green Lantern 10 with Joe Staton During their collaboration on that series Wolfman and Staton created the Omega Men in Green Lantern No 141 June 1981 49 Wolfman briefly wrote Batman and co created the Electrocutioner in issue No 331 Jan 1981 50 Wolfman was one of the contributors to the DC Challenge limited series in 1986 51 After Perez left The New Teen Titans in 1985 Wolfman continued for many years with other collaborators including pencillers Jose Luis Garcia Lopez 52 Eduardo Barreto and Tom Grummett In December 1986 Wolfman was informed by Marvel writer Chris Claremont that a DC executive had approached Claremont at a holiday party and offered him the position of writer on The New Teen Titans 53 Claremont immediately declined the offer and told Wolfman that apparently the publisher was looking to replace him on the title When Wolfman confronted DC executives about this he was told it was just a joke although Claremont reiterated that he took it to be a credible and official offer Crisis on Infinite Earths edit In 1985 Wolfman and Perez launched Crisis on Infinite Earths a 12 issue limited series 54 celebrating DC s 50th anniversary Featuring a cast of thousands and a timeline that ranged from the beginning of the universe to the end of time it killed scores of characters integrated a number of heroes from other companies to DC continuity and re wrote 50 years of DC universe history to streamline it After finishing Crisis Wolfman and Perez produced the History of the DC Universe limited series to summarize the company s new history 55 Wolfman was involved in the relaunch of the Superman line as well reinventing nemesis Lex Luthor and initially scripting the Adventures of Superman title with Jerry Ordway as the artist During this period they introduced Bibbo Bibbowski and Professor Emil Hamilton 56 Ratings dispute edit Wolfman got into a public dispute with DC over a proposed ratings system 57 which led to his being relieved of his editorial duties by the company 58 DC offered to reinstate Wolfman as an editor provided he apologize for making his criticism of the ratings system public rather than keeping them internal to the company but he declined to do so 1990s edit Wolfman returned to the Dark Knight for another brief run on Batman and Detective Comics 10 writing Batman Year Three 59 creating Robin III Tim Drake 60 as well as Abattoir 61 and a new version of the Electrocutioner 62 and writing an anniversary adaptation of the first ever Batman story which was printed along with two other adaptations and the original 63 He continued as The New Titans writer and revitalized the series with artist Tom Grummett 64 Wolfman wrote the series until the title s last issue 10 Wolfman s writing for comics decreased as he turned to animation and television though he wrote the mid 1990s DC series The Man Called A X 65 Disney career edit In the early 1990s Wolfman worked at Disney Comics He wrote scripts for a seven part DuckTales story Scrooge s Quest 66 as well as several others with the characters from the Mickey Mouse universe that appeared in Mickey Mouse Adventures 1 He was editor of the comics section on the Disney Adventures magazine for the early years of the publication 67 Marvel lawsuit edit In 1997 on the eve of the impending release of the Blade motion picture Wolfman sued Marvel Characters Inc over ownership of all characters he had created for Marvel Comics 68 A ruling in Marvel s favor was handed down on November 6 2000 68 Wolfman s stance was that he had not signed work for hire contracts when he created characters including Blade and Nova In a nonjury trial the judge ruled that Marvel s later use of the characters was sufficiently different to protect it from Wolfman s claim of copyright ownership 69 Beast Machines edit In the late 1990s Wolfman developed the Transformers TV series Beast Machines which aired on Fox Kids for two seasons from 1999 to 2000 The program was a direct continuation of the Beast Wars series which itself was a continuation of the original Generation One Transformers show Beast Machines was met with mixed reviews as the show was praised for its story but was criticized for its focus on spirituality Previously in the 1980s Wolfman wrote the story for Optimus Prime s return in The Return of Optimus Prime of the third season of Transformers 70 71 2000s edit nbsp Wolfman in 2007A decade later Wolfman began writing in comics again scripting Defex the flagship title of Devil s Due Productions Aftermath line He wrote an Infinite Crisis issue of DC s Secret Files and consulted with writer Geoff Johns on several issues of The Teen Titans Wolfman wrote a novel based on Crisis on Infinite Earths but rather than following the original plot he created a new story starring the Barry Allen Flash that takes place during the original Crisis story Wolfman wrote the novelization of the film Superman Returns and worked on a direct to video animated film The Condor for Stan Lee s Pow Entertainment 72 In 2006 Wolfman was editorial director of Impact Comics no relation to the DC Comics imprint publisher of educational manga style comics for high school students That same year starting with issue No 125 Wolfman began writing DC s Nightwing series Initially scheduled for a four issue run Wolfman s run was expanded to 13 issues and finished with No 137 During the course of his run Wolfman introduced a new Vigilante character Following Wolfman s departure from the pages of Nightwing the Vigilante was spun off into his own short lived title which Wolfman wrote He wrote a miniseries starring the Teen Titan Raven a character he and George Perez co created during their run on The New Teen Titans helping to revamp and update the character He worked with Perez on a direct to DVD movie adaptation of the popular Judas Contract storyline from their tenure on Teen Titans 72 2010s edit In 2011 he and Perez completed the New Teen Titans Games graphic novel which they had begun working on in the late 1980s 73 Wolfman revived his Night Force series with artist Tom Mandrake in 2012 74 He served as writing consultant on the video game Epic Mickey 2 The Power of Two which he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing 75 In 2015 Wolfman wrote a novelization of the videogame Batman Arkham Knight 76 And in 2016 he published the novelization of the Suicide Squad film through Titan Books 77 He received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 That year also marked Wolfman s first work for Marvel since 1998 a backup story for Bullseye 1 starring the titular character that he had co created in 1976 In 2019 he wrote the main story for the DC Primal Age 100 Page Giant 78 Also in 2019 DC published the oversized 100 page comic book Man and Superman Marv Wolfman s retelling of Superman s origin story to high acclaim 79 80 2020s edit On the occasion of the Crisis on Infinite Earths Arrowverse crossover Marv Wolfman co wrote an episode of The CW series Arrow with Marc Guggenheim that aired in January 2020 81 He also made a cameo appearance in the crossover finale in an episode of Legends of Tomorrow 82 In 2021 he and George Perez voiced cartoon versions of themselves on an episode of Teen Titans GO 83 In 2023 Wolfman returned to Marvel Comics for the oneshot What If Dark Tomb of Dracula featuring his character Blade 84 Writing credit pioneer editWolfman on the panel Marvel Comics The Method and the Madness at the 1974 New York City Comic Art Convention told the audience that when he first began working for DC Comics he received DC s first writing credit on its mystery magazines Gerry Conway who wrote the horror host interstitial pages between stories wrote in one issue House of Secrets Vol 1 Issue 83 that the following story The Stuff that Dreams are Made of was told to him by a wandering Wolfman The Comics Code Authority which did not permit the mention of werewolves or wolfmen at that time demanded it be removed DC informed the Authority that Wolfman was the writer s last name so the Authority insisted he be given a credit to show the Wolfman was a real person Once Wolfman was given a credit other writers demanded them as well Shortly credits were given to all writers and artists 85 Personal life editWolfman is married to Noel Watkins Wolfman was previously married to Michele Wolfman for many years a colorist in the comics industry They have a daughter Jessica Morgan 86 Awards editInkpot Award in 1979 87 1982 Eagle Award for Best New Book 88 and 1984 and 1985 Eagle Awards for Best Group Book for New Teen Titans 88 Wolfman and artist George Perez Crisis on Infinite Earths won the 1985 and 1986 Jack Kirby Awards for Best Finite Series 89 In 1985 DC Comics named Wolfman as one of the honorees in the company s 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great 90 1986 Nominated for the Comics Buyer s Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1986 91 and his work on the Batman Year Three story arc in Batman 436 439 was nominated Comics Buyer s Guide Favorite Writer Award in 1990 92 2007 Scribe Award for Adapted Speculative Fiction Novel given by writers of novelization and tie in fiction for his novel based on Superman Returns 93 2007 National Jewish Book Award for Children s and Young Adult Literature for Homeland The Illustrated History of the State of Israel 94 2011 induction into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017Filmography editScreenwriting credits edit series head writer denoted in bold G I Joe A Real American Hero 1986 Jem 1986 1987 Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future 1987 Fraggle Rock The Animated Series 1987 Starcom The U S Space Force 1987 The Transformers 1987 season 3 head writer Garbage Pail Kids 1988 RoboCop 1988 Superman 1988 G I Joe A Real American Hero 1991 Batman The Animated Series 1992 My Little Pony Tales 1992 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs 1993 Conan the Adventurer 1993 Monster Force 1994 Spider Man The Animated Series 1995 Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic 1995 Beast Wars Transformers 1996 G I Joe Extreme 1996 Street Fighter 1996 ReBoot 1997 1999 Pocket Dragon Adventures 1998 Godzilla The Series 1998 Shadow Raiders 1998 1999 Beast Machines Transformers 1999 Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century 1999 The Legend of Tarzan 2001 Teen Titans 2003 2005 Speed Racer The Next Generation 2008 Sym Bionic Titan 2010 Arrow 2020 Video games edit Superman Returns 2006 Acting credits edit Year Title Role Notes2020 Legends of Tomorrow 95 Autograph Seeker Marv Episode Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Five S5 special episode 2021 Teen Titans Go Himself Episode Marv Wolfman and George Perez Bibliography editBongo Comics edit Treehouse of Horror 11 2005 Chaos Comics edit The Mummy Valley of the Gods 1 2001 Dark Horse Comics edit The Curse of Dracula 1 3 1998 Michael Chabon Presents the Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 3 2004 DC Comics edit 9 11 The World s Finest Comic Book Writers amp Artists Tell Stories to Remember Volume Two 2002 Action Comics 513 516 525 536 539 546 551 554 556 613 618 627 628 778 1000 1980 2018 Adventure Comics 417 421 424 474 479 487 1972 1981 Adventures of Superman 424 435 591 1987 2001 Aquaman Giant 1 2019 Batman 328 335 436 451 1980 1990 Batman and the Outsiders 5 1983 Batman Black and White vol 2 3 2014 The Best of DC 18 New Teen Titans 1981 Blackhawk 242 1968 The Brave and the Bold 167 1980 The Brave and the Bold vol 3 17 18 2008 Convergence Adventures of Superman 1 2 2015 Convergence New Teen Titans 1 2 2015 Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 12 1985 1986 Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant 1 2 with Marc Guggenheim 2019 Cyborg 10 12 21 23 2016 2018 DC Challenge 11 12 1986 DC Comics Presents No 26 77 78 Annual 1 1980 1985 DC Comics Presents Justice League of America 1 2004 DC Primal Age 1 2019 DC Retroactive Superman The 80s 1 2011 DC Special Raven 1 5 2008 DC The Doomned and the Damned 1 2020 DC Universe Online Legends 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 18 26 2011 2012 Deathstroke the Terminator Deathstroke the Hunted Deathstroke 1 11 13 21 26 39 41 60 0 Annual 1 3 4 1991 1996 Detective Comics No 408 615 625 628 1027 1971 1990 1991 2020 Eight Legged Freaks 1 2002 Flash 750 2020 Green Lantern vol 2 133 153 1980 1982 Green Lantern 80 Page Giant 2 1999 Green Lantern Plastic Man Weapons of Mass Deception 1 2011 History of the DC Universe 1 2 1987 House of Mystery 176 179 180 182 183 300 1968 1982 House of Secrets 82 84 87 88 90 127 1969 1975 Infinite Crisis Secret Files and Origins 1 2006 Legends of the DC Universe 18 1999 Legends of the DC Universe 80 Page Giant 1 1998 Legends of the DC Universe Crisis on Infinite Earths 1 1999 Legion of Super Heroes vol 2 272 1981 Looney Tunes 218 2014 Man and Superman 1 2019 Man Called A X vol 2 1 8 1997 1998 Mystery in Space 116 1981 The New Teen Titans 1 40 Annual 1 2 1980 1984 The New Teen Titans vol 2 1 49 Annual 1 4 1984 1988 The New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special 1 3 1983 The New Teen Titans Games GN 2011 The New Titans 50 86 88 93 97 130 0 Annual 5 11 1988 1995 Night Force 1 14 1982 1983 Night Force vol 2 1 12 1996 1997 Night Force vol 3 1 7 2012 Nightwing vol 2 125 137 2006 2007 Omega Men 24 1985 Phantom Stranger vol 2 23 26 1973 Plop 14 1975 Raven 1 6 2016 2017 Raven Daughter of Darkness 1 12 2018 2019 Robin 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super Spectacular 1 2020 Secret Origins vol 2 46 1989 Secret Origins vol 3 5 2014 Showcase 78 1968 Showcase 94 11 1994 Silver Age Teen Titans 1 2000 Spirit 4 2010 Superboy vol 5 26 29 2014 Supergirl 1 2 1972 1973 Superman 248 352 422 1972 1986 Superman vol 2 169 2001 The Superman Family 203 206 209 1980 1981 Superman Kal El Returns Special 1 2022 Superman Our Worlds at War Secret Files and Origins 1 2001 Superman The Man of Steel 113 2001 Tales of the New Teen Titans 1 4 1982 Tales of the Teen Titans 41 58 Annual 3 1984 1985 Tarzan 207 209 213 216 1972 1973 Team Titans 1 12 Annual 1 1992 1993 Teen Titans 18 22 1968 1969 Teen Titans vol 3 33 50 Annual 1 2006 2007 Teen Titans vol 4 23 1 Trigon 2013 Teen Titans vol 6 16 2018 Teen Titans Spotlight 1 6 1986 1987 Titans 25 2001 Titans Secret Files and Origins 1 1999 Titans Sell Out Special 1 1992 Vigilante 1 15 19 20 1983 1985 Vigilante vol 3 1 12 2009 2010 Weird War Tales 3 6 1972 Weird Worlds 1 7 1972 1973 The Witching Hour 13 1971 Wonder Woman 287 294 1982 Wonder Woman Agent of Peace 10 digital 2020 World s Finest Comics 288 300 1983 1984 WildStorm edit Farscape War Torn 1 2 2002 God of War 1 6 2010 2011 Robo Dojo 1 6 2002 The X Files vol 2 3 4 2009 Devil s Due Publications edit Defex 1 6 2004 2005 Disney Comics edit Disney Adventures Digest Special Edition 1990 Goofy Adventures 17 1991 Mickey Mouse Adventures 5 9 11 14 1990 1991 Eclipse Comics edit Total Eclipse 1988 First Comics edit Sable 1 7 9 10 12 23 1988 1990 Gladstone Publishing edit Duck Tales Scrooge s Quest 1990 IDW Publishing edit Gene Pool OGN with Len Wein 2003 Image Comics edit 10th Muse 1 9 2000 2002 Brigade 17 22 1995 Malibu Comics edit Codename Firearm 0 2 4 5 1995 Man Called A X 1 4 0 1994 1995 Ultraforce 8 9 1995 Ultraforce Spider Man 1A B 1996 Witch 1 1989 Marvel Comics edit Amazing Adventures 20 1973 The Amazing Spider Man 182 204 Annual 13 1978 1980 Avengers 169 1978 Bullseye 1 2017 Captain America 192 1975 Captain Marvel 23 1972 Crazy Magazine 2 11 1974 1975 Daredevil 125 139 141 143 Annual 4 1975 1977 Doctor Strange 19 20 22 23 Annual 1 1976 1977 Dracula Lives 2 5 1973 1974 Fantastic Four 190 195 215 Annual 12 14 1978 1980 Ghost Rider 20 1976 Giant Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula 1 1974 Giant Size Fantastic Four 3 1974 Giant Size Man Thing 5 1975 Howard the Duck 28 1978 John Carter Warlord of Mars 1 15 Annual 1 3 1977 1979 Journey into Mystery 520 521 1998 Legion of Monsters 1 1975 Machine Man 10 14 1979 1980 Marvel Comics Presents 38 47 1989 1990 Marvel Fanfare 16 17 1984 Marvel Movie Premiere 1 The Land That Time Forgot adaptation 1975 Marvel Premiere 39 40 1977 1978 Marvel Preview 1 8 16 1975 1978 Marvel Spotlight vol 2 5 1980 Marvel Super Special 15 Star Trek The Motion Picture adaptation 1979 Marvel Team Up 98 1980 Marvel Team Up vol 2 7 1998 Marvel Two in One 13 25 37 44 59 Annual 3 1976 1980 Mission Impossible 1 1996 Monsters Unleashed 1 1973 Nova 1 25 1976 1979 Power Man 37 46 1976 1977 Shadows amp Light 2 1998 Skull the Slayer 1 3 1975 1976 The Spectacular Spider Man 44 1980 Spider Woman 1 8 1978 Spoof 2 5 1972 1973 Star Trek 4 1980 Sub Mariner 70 71 1974 Tales of the Zombie 1 1973 The Tomb of Dracula 7 70 1973 1979 The Tomb of Dracula vol 2 1 3 1979 1980 Tower of Shadows 4 1970 Two Gun Kid 104 1972 Vampire Tales 8 9 1974 1975 Venom Sinner Takes All 5 1995 Werewolf by Night 11 15 1973 1974 What If 5 1979 What If Dark Tomb of Dracula oneshot 2023 Epic Comics edit The Tomb of Dracula vol 3 1 4 1991 1992 Moonstone edit Captain Action Comics 2 3 with Fabian Nicieza 2009 Nachshon Press edit Homeland OGN 2007 Now Comics edit Mirror Walker 1 1989 Renaissance Press edit The Forbidden Book Vol 1 2001 S Q P Inc edit Phase 1 1971 Skywald Publications edit Nightmare 2 1971 Psycho 2 1971 TSR Inc edit R I P 1 2 4 1990 Zenescope edit Mankind The Story of All of Us Vol 1 2012 References edit a b Marv Wolfman at Inducks Miller John Jackson June 10 2005 Comics Industry Birthdays Comics Buyer s Guide Iola Wisconsin Archived from the original on February 18 2011 Retrieved December 12 2010 a b Marv Wolfman interview Alter Ego No 112 October 2012 p 3 Wolfman Alter Ego No 112 p 5 Bullpen Bulletins Marvel Comics cover dated August 1992 Parker Royal Derek 2016 Visualizing Jewish Narrative Jewish Comics and Graphic Novels London Bloomsbury Publishing p 15 ISBN 978 1474248792 Lovett Jamie November 10 2013 Marv Wolfman Talks Tim Drake Writing Minority Characters And Why He Was Glad the Judas Contract Film Was Cancelled Comicbook com Archived from the original on November 10 2013 I m Jewish and I think I ve written maybe two Jewish characters in my entire life Siegel Howard P Made in America BEM 16 Dec 1977 Wood Rocky et al 2006 Stephen King Uncollected Unpublished Abingdon Maryland Cemetery Dance Publications p 199 ISBN 1 58767 130 1 a b c d e Marv Wolfman at the Grand Comics Database Jimenez Phil 2008 Jonny Double In Dougall Alastair ed The DC Comics Encyclopedia London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 110 ISBN 978 0 7566 4119 1 Cronin Brian 2009 Was Superman a Spy And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed New York City Plume ISBN 9780452295322 McAvennie Michael Dolan Hannah ed 2010 1960s DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 134 ISBN 978 0 7566 6742 9 Four years after the debut of Wonder Girl writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gil Kane disclosed her origins a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link McAvennie 1970s in Dolan p 152 The host that was first presented in a framing sequence by scribe Marv Wolfman and artist Bernie Wrightson would provide endless creative material for Neil Gaiman s The Sandman series decades later a b Cadigan Glen The New Teen Titans Start a Sensation Titans Companion TwoMorrows Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 893905 50 0 p 93 Online version available at Google Books Sanderson Peter Gillis Peter B September October 1981 Comics Feature Interviews Marv Wolfman Comics Feature New Media Publishing 12 13 44 Marv is swapping our editor s chair for a full time writing schedule here at the bullpen Lee Stan Stan s Soapbox Bullpen Bulletins Marvel Comics cover dated September 1976 Markstein Don Gene Colan Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on February 4 2012 Retrieved February 3 2012 Sanderson Peter Gilbert Laura ed 2008 1970s Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 155 ISBN 978 0756641238 The team of writer Marv Wolfman penciler Gene Colan and inker Tom Palmer took over the series with issue 7 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 160 Early in their collaboration on The Tomb of Dracula writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan co created Blade a black man who stalked and killed vampires with the wooden blades after which he named himself Wolfman Marv November 1973 Comes the Hangman Werewolf by Night 1 11 Mithra Kuljit November 1997 Interview With Marv Wolfman ManWithoutFear com Archived from the original on March 21 2013 Retrieved April 7 2013 Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 175 In March 1976 writer Marv Wolfman and artist Bob Brown co created one of the Man Without Fear s greatest nemeses Bullseye Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 176 Seeking to create a new teenage Marvel super hero in the tradition of Spider Man writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Buscema presented Richard Rider alias Nova Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 179 Ewbank Jamie August 2013 Idol of Millions The Thing in Marvel Two in One Back Issue Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 66 29 30 Manning Matthew K Gilbert Laura ed 2012 1970s Spider Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web Slinging London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 101 ISBN 978 0756692360 Writer Marv Wolfman and penciling legend Carmine Infantino reintroduced fans to Spider Woman in this new series all about the female wall crawler a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Johnson Dan August 2006 Marvel s Dark Angel Back Issue Gets Caught in Spider Woman s Web Back Issue Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 17 57 63 Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 103 As new regular writer Marv Wolfman took over the scripting duties from Len Wein and partnered with artist Ross Andru Peter Parker decided to make a dramatic change in his personal life Manning 1970s in Gilbert 2012 p 107 Spider Man wasn t exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard Howard the Duck Nemsworld com n d Archived from the original on September 6 2015 Retrieved March 19 2011 Alan Kupperberg Lambiek Comiclopedia May 29 2009 Archived from the original on October 19 2014 Retrieved April 9 2009 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Fantastic Four documentary Jack Kirby art YouTube Wade ing Through the Fantastic Four Sanderson 1970s in Gilbert 2008 p 190 Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Byrne Terrax would not only become a threat to the Fantastic Four but also Galactus himself DeFalco Tom 1980s in Gilbert 2008 p 197 Tako Shamara became the Dragon Lord in Marvel Spotlight No 5 by writer editor Marv Wolfman and artist Steve Ditko Cronin Brian December 24 2009 Comic Book Legends Revealed No 239 Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on July 31 2013 Retrieved January 13 2013 The Godzilla fill in by Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko ended up appearing in the pages of the re launched Marvel Spotlight in 1980 as Dragon Lord about a fellow who can control dragons Manning Matthew K 1980s in Dolan p 188 The New Teen Titans went on to become DC s most popular comic team of its day Not only the springboard for the following month s The New Teen Titans No 1 the preview s momentous story also featured the first appearance of future DC mainstays Cyborg Starfire and Raven MacDonald Heidi October 1982 DC s Titanic Success The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 76 46 51 Levitz Paul 2010 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking Taschen America p 454 ISBN 978 3 8365 1981 6 Marv Wolfman and George Perez created a title that would be DC s sales leader throughout the 1980s Priest Christopher November 10 2016 Exclusive Interview Christopher Priest Talks Superman vs Deathstroke Superman Homepage Marv created the first modern supervillain He broke every rule by making Deathstroke three dimensional and giving him internal conflicts while maintaining a level of skeeve we weren t used to seeing from a typical 2 dimensional bad guy The New Teen Titans Keebler Company 1 Grand Comics Database The New Teen Titans American Soft Drink Industry 2 Grand Comics Database The New Teen Titans IBM 3 Grand Comics Database Turner Carlton E Files 1981 1987 Reagan Library Collections Simi Valley California Ronald Reagan Presidential Library n d Archived from the original on October 15 2014 This series contains material relating to the development and distribution of the Teen Titans drug awareness comic books The comic books were designed to communicate the dangers of drug abuse to elementary school children The Drug Abuse Policy Office coordinated the project DC Comics developed the story line and artwork and private companies funded the production costs The Keebler Company sponsored the fourth grade book released in April 1983 the National Soft Drink Association sponsored the sixth grade book November 1983 and IBM sponsored the fifth grade book through the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth February 1984 The files consist primarily of correspondence with educators parents and children Manning 1980s in Dolan p 209 As one of DC s most popular team books The New Teen Titans was a natural choice to receive the deluxe paper quality and higher price point of the new Baxter format With the regular newsstand title having already changed its name to Tales of the Teen Titans with issue No 41 the path was clear for a new comic to once again be titled The New Teen Titans Featuring the trademark writing of Marv Wolfman and the art of George Perez this second incarnation was a success from the start providing readers with the perfect blend of high quality paper with high quality storytelling Manning 1980s in Dolan p 192 Legion of Super Heroes No 272 Within a sixteen page preview in Legion of Super Heroes 272 was Dial H For Hero a new feature that raised the bar on fan interaction in the creative process The feature s story written by Marv Wolfman with art by Carmine Infantino saw two high school students find dials that turned them into super heroes Everything from the pair s civilian clothes to the heroes they became was created by fans writing in his concept would continue in the feature s new regular spot within Adventure Comics Manning 1980s in Dolan p 197 The New Teen Titans No 21 T his issue hid another dark secret a sixteen page preview comic featuring Marv Wolfman s newest team Night Force Chronicling the enterprise of the enigmatic Baron Winters and featuring the art of Gene Colan Night Force spun out into an ongoing title of gothic mystery and horror the following month Manning 1980s in Dolan p 193 Green Lantern No 141 DC s newest science fiction franchise a band of over one hundred aliens called the Omega Men They gave Green Lantern a run for his money in this issue written by Marv Wolfman with art by Joe Staton and the Omega Men went on to gain their own ongoing series in 1983 Manning Matthew K Dougall Alastair ed 2014 1980s Batman A Visual History London United Kingdom Dorling Kindersley p 138 ISBN 978 1465424563 Plotted by Batman s new regular writer Marv Wolfman with dialog by Michael Fleisher and art by Irv Novick this story saw Batman face this new costumed threat a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first2 has generic name help CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Greenberger Robert August 2017 It Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time A Look at the DC Challenge Back Issue Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing 98 42 43 Daniels Les 1995 DC Comics Sixty Years of the World s Favorite Comic Book Heroes New York City Bulfinch Press p 135 ISBN 0821220764 I knew that I had this incredible artist who could draw almost anything that I wanted So I decided to make the story just the biggest spectacle I could come up with Harlan Ellison Speaks at San Diego The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 119 14 January 1988 Manning 1980s in Dolan p 213 Comics didn t get any bigger than this Crisis on Infinite Earths was a landmark limited series that redefined a universe It was a twelve issue maxiseries starring nearly every character in DC Comics fifty year history and written and drawn by two of the industry s biggest name creative talents writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Perez Manning 1980s in Dolan p 220 In an effort to organize the status quo of the DC Universe after the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths maxiseries artist George Perez and writer Marv Wolfman collaborated on a two part prestige format history of the DCU Manning 1980s in Dolan p 226 The original Superman title had adopted the new title The Adventures of Superman but continued the original numbering of its long and storied history Popular writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway handled the creative chores DC Responds to Miller Moore Chaykin and Wolfman s Letter The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 115 20 21 April 1987 Newswatch Marv Wolfman fired by DC as editor The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 115 9 10 April 1987 Manning 1980s in Dolan p 240 Written by Marv Wolfman and pencilled by Pat Broderick the four issue Year Three saga introduced a young boy named Timothy Drake into a flashback sequence starring a young Dick Grayson and his parents Manning 1980s in Dolan p 241 With the pencils of George Perez Jim Aparo and Tom Grummett Marv Wolfman concocted the five issue A Lonely Place of Dying In it Tim Drake earned his place as the new Robin Manning 1990s in Dougall 2014 p 190 Marv Wolfman and penciller Jim Aparo introduced serial killer Abattoir Manning 1990s in Dougall 2014 p 191 Marv Wolfman and artist Jim Aparo continued their run by introducing the second villain to bear the name of the Electrocutioner Manning 1990s in Dougall 2014 p 191 Manning 1990s in Dolan p 249 Writer Marv Wolfman had revitalized the Titans franchise yet again with the help of his new creative partner artist Tom Grummett Sacks Jason 2018 Dallas Keith ed American Comic Book Chronicles The 1990s Raleigh North Carolina TwoMorrows Publishing p 129 ISBN 978 1 60549 084 7 Wolfman Marv November 7 2007 Donald Duck goosed MarvWolfman com Archived from the original on December 14 2007 Wolfman Marv August 24 2007 Disney Adventures R I P MarvWolfman com Archived from the original on December 12 2007 a b Dean Michael November 2001 Post Mortem Marv Wolfman Talks About His Day in Court The Comics Journal No 239 Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books Archived from the original on May 10 2008 Dean Michael November 16 2000 Wolfman loses Blade lawsuit against Marvel The Comics Journal No 229 Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books Archived from the original on February 24 2012 Retrieved January 7 2011 Burlingame Russ August 4 2019 The CW s Crisis on Infinite Earths Will Be Co Written by Marv Wolfman ComicBook com Retrieved August 4 2019 Totilo Stephen February 13 2009 DC Universe Online Writer Marv Wolfman Talks About the MMO Comics and Optimus Prime MTV Retrieved August 4 2019 a b Epstein Daniel Robert May 24 2007 Catching Up With Marv Wolfman Newsarama Archived from the original on May 26 2007 Retrieved January 29 2011 Wolfman Marv Perez George 2011 New Teen Titans Games DC Comics ISBN 978 1 4012 3322 8 Campbell Josie March 6 2012 Wolfman Revisits Baron Winters amp Night Force Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on March 8 2012 Retrieved March 10 2012 2013 Writers Guild Awards New Media and Videogame Nominees Announced Writers Guild of America January 16 2013 Archived from the original on September 12 2015 Retrieved January 9 2014 Schedeen Jesse February 2 2015 IGN to Write Batman Arkham Knight Novelization http www ign com articles 2015 02 02 marv wolfman to write batman arkham knight novelization to Write Batman Arkham Knight Novelization Archived from the original on July 29 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Check url value help Missing or empty title help Suicide Squad The Official Movie Novelization In titanbooks com Retrieved 30 December 2016 McMillan Graeme January 18 2019 Comics Great Marv Wolfman on the World of DC Primal Age The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved August 14 2023 Man and Superman 1 Sets a New Standard for Superhero Origin Stories CBR February 12 2019 Retrieved May 8 2019 A True Masterpiece Man and Superman 1 Review ComicBook Debate February 8 2019 Retrieved May 8 2019 Grunenwald Joe August 6 2019 Marv Wolfman to co write CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS episode of ARROW The Beat Retrieved August 31 2023 Damore Meagan January 15 2020 Crisis on Infinite Earths Co Creator Marv Wolfman s Cameo Revealed CBR Retrieved August 31 2023 Dar Taimur May 24 2021 Marv Wolfman and George Perez to voice themselves in TEEN TITANS GO episode The Beat Retrieved August 31 2023 The Beat Staff August 22 2023 Syndicated Comics The Beat Retrieved August 31 2023 Cronin Brian September 6 2007 Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed No 119 Comic Book Resources Archived from the original on June 16 2013 Retrieved January 7 2011 Wolfman Marv Confessions of a Comic Book Writer Spider Woman No 1 April 1978 Inkpot Award Winners Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac Archived from the original on July 9 2012 a b Eagle Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac n d Archived from the original on September 10 2015 1980s Kirby Eisner Award Recipients San Diego Comic Con International 2015 Archived from the original on September 5 2015 Marx Barry Cavalieri Joey and Hill Thomas w Petruccio Steven a Marx Barry ed Marv Wolfman The Titans Break Through Fifty Who Made DC Great p 48 1985 DC Comics 1986 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac n d Archived from the original on September 10 2015 1990 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac n d Archived from the original on September 25 2013 Book awards Scribe Award LibraryThing n d Archived from the original on October 18 2012 Retrieved January 31 2011 Past Winners Jewish Book Council Retrieved January 18 2020 BURLINGAME RUSS January 14 2020 Marv Wolfman Appears in Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 5 Comicbook com Weekly Further reading editThompson Kim January 1979 An interview with Marv Wolfman The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 44 34 51 Decker Dwight January 1982 The New Teen Titans The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 79 86 98 Groth Gary MacDonald Heidi D March 1983 Marv Wolfman On The New Teen Titans Part 2 The Comics Journal Seattle Washington Fantagraphics Books 80 70 85 External links editOfficial website Marv Wolfman at the Comic Book DB archived from the original DC Profiles 69 Marv Wolfman at the Grand Comics Database Marv Wolfman at Mike s Amazing World of Comics Marv Wolfman at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators Interview at Fantastic Four Headquarters Interview with ComicsVersePreceded byGardner Fox The Tomb of Dracula writer1973 1979 Succeeded byn aPreceded byLen Wein Marvel Comics Editor in Chief1975 1976 Succeeded byGerry ConwayPreceded byBob Brown and Tony Isabella Daredevil writer1975 1977 Succeeded byGerry Conway and Jim ShooterPreceded byLen Wein Thor writer1976 with Len Wein Succeeded byLen WeinPreceded byLen Wein Fantastic Four writer1978 1980 Succeeded byJohn ByrnePreceded byLen Wein The Amazing Spider Man writer1978 1980 Succeeded byDennis O NeilPreceded byBob Rozakis The New Teen Titans writer1980 1996 Succeeded byDan JurgensPreceded byCary Bates Action Comics writer1980 1984 Succeeded byPaul KupperbergPreceded byLen Wein Batman writer1980 1981 Succeeded byBob Rozakis and Roy ThomasPreceded byPaul Kupperberg Green Lantern writer1980 1982 Succeeded byMike W BarrPreceded byDoug Moench Omega Men writer1985 Succeeded byTodd KleinPreceded byn a Vigilante writer1983 1984 Succeeded byPaul KupperbergPreceded byJohn Byrne Batman writer1989 1990 Succeeded byPeter MilliganPreceded byBruce 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